Sunday, July 10, 2016

Powder Perfect Sophisticated Santa

Sophisticated Santa was released in November 2015 by Australian indie polish maker Powder Perfect as one-half of a collaborative Christmas Duo with Grace-full Nail Polish. Creator Jacinta describes this as a warm red holographic polish with gold and silver shimmers, and I agree. It's is a deep rich variation of scarlet along the lines of Persian red or lava, with aspects of firebrick and a smoldering vermilion glow that gives the polish that delicious lit-from-within quality. This glow virtually explodes in direct sun into a dazzling display of brilliant, analogously-hued Pointillist sparks -- nuclear sunset shades of red-orange, flame, tomato and bittersweet -- with a shifting, flame-like corona of yellow, orange and red. Utterly breathtaking!Application was a joy. The consistency of Sophisticated Santa is fluid, light and silky smooth with a thin-to-medium viscosity and a graceful slip over the nail that is easily finessed with Powder Perfect's sleekly compact flattened-style brush. Pigmentation is excellent, nearly a one-coater but you'll definitely want two for best holographic effects. Cleanup was surprisingly easy, a bit of pigment travel as you might expect but trace staining is remarkably low-key. Sophisticated Santa dries naturally in good time to a smooth shiny finish. Topcoat does not inhibit the holographic effects in any way. Photos show two coats of Sophisticated Santa over KBShimmer Love You Strong Time treatment and Pretty Serious All Your Base basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Powder Perfect Sophisticated Santa

Powder Perfect Sophisticated Santa

Powder Perfect Sophisticated Santa

Powder Perfect Sophisticated Santa

Powder Perfect Sophisticated Santa

Powder Perfect Sophisticated Santa

Powder Perfect Sophisticated Santa

Powder Perfect Sophisticated Santa

Powder Perfect Sophisticated Santa

Powder Perfect Sophisticated Santa

Powder Perfect Sophisticated Santa

Powder Perfect Sophisticated Santa

Powder Perfect Sophisticated Santa

Powder Perfect Sophisticated Santa

Powder Perfect Sophisticated Santa

Despite the Christmas correlation, this makes a stunning summertime polish. It combines the smoldering glamour and sensuality of a deep warm red with the stunning visual fireworks of a holo. Total hotness! And there's a certain natural, earthy quality to it as well that coexists beautifully alongside the extravagance, giving it a pleasingly deft and grounded vibe. This is one well-rounded, charismatic red. I love it! xo,Liz

2 comments:

omg... *THUD**gropes way back from floor to hesitantly peek up at computer monitor*Liz, you need to put a big WARNING note up on top, before unsuspecting persons like myself have scrolled enough to see the photos of polishes like this! "Buckle Up, Bitches~ stunning, faint-inducing polish photos comin' your way!"

*lol!* Your comment reminds me of the kind of conversations we used to have in an online chat called The Blue Room back in the late 90s. Oh, chat was so different and creative back then!

Lara, as pretty as the photos are, this polish is SO MUCH BETTER in person! It's an absolutely fantastic smoldering red holo with incredible depth, just to die for! It's the kind of polish that when you take it off, you immediately want to put it back on. Killer!